Auction of 'Octomom’s' house postponed

ORANGE – The foreclosure auction scheduled for Monday involving the La Habra home of Nadya Suleman – known as Octomom – has been postponed for a week.

The new date, May 7, was announced on the steps of Orange City Hall, where octuplets mom Suleman's four-bedroom, three-bath home was among several foreclosed properties to be sold to the highest bidder.

Suleman and her 14 children moved into the Madonna Lane home in early 2009, shortly after her octuplets were born.

Through an agreement known as an all-inclusive trust deed, sometimes called a wrap-around mortgage, Suleman purchased the home from Amer Haddadin. Suleman, who holds the deed, was responsible for making the monthly payments to Haddadin, who in turn, was to pay the mortgage.

But after Suleman, 36, fell 11 months behind on her $3,000 payments, Haddadin also fell behind – prompting the foreclosure.

Haddadin, who has said his credit has been ruined because of Suleman's failure to pay, was at the auction Monday, hoping to be rid of his obligation on the property.

"It's not too long," Haddadin said of the seven-day postponement. "We'll see what is going to happen."

A document from Meridian Foreclosure Service lists an unpaid balance of $477,288. The house is listed for sale for $425,000.

If the home is sold, it is unclear how long the Suleman family can live there, said Heather Hostetter of Priority Posting & Publishing, the company conducting the auction. It was unclear why the Suleman-house auction was postponed; it was among a cluster of auctions postponed.